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@ages

I'm 22, just out of college with absolutely no job prospects. If you're expecting employement, don't get a degree in philosophy.

@drinking

I used to be something of a drinker, but it stopped being fun after I turned 21. Also, as I got older, the hangovers started to hit me pretty hard and really, it just wasn't worth it anymore to drink to excess. I do like to enjoy the occasional Guinness though.

@the ungodly amount of money raised for brony documentary

You know, I can't help but think this money could have gone somewhere better, like a cancer foundation or something. I'll tell you what though, I bet we caught Hasbro's attention.

Speaking of drinking i remember a few years ago i saw this weird drink in my kitchen. It was red and in a glass bottle. I was dying of thirst so i downed some of it then i spit it out right after that. My mom walked in and told me that i just drank some of her tequila. After that i just layed down on my couch for the next several hours for the side effects to take place. Fortunately there were none. I got lucky i guess.

@Fifths
Well, we as a community have raised plenty of money for proper charities. Nothing wrong with a little self indulgence now and again. :)

We should just have a KnowYourMeme forum Brony census or something.

Oh, did someone say something about DRINKING?

*Note, I do not endorse over-indulgence of alcoholic beverages, and I'm sure Berry Punch would agree.

Millennial Dan wrote:

Note, I do not endorse over-indulgence of alcoholic beverages, and I’m sure Berry Punch would agree.

You're joking? You're joking, right?

Legal age for everything here is 18. Have my driver's license. But don't need it when going out as everything I go out to with friends is just 5 minutes by bike. Plus beer.

@Epicus
BareNakedLadies, anyone?

Hate alcohol, love this song.

Regarding age…

Owens has existed on this planet for 21 cycles.

Regarding drinking…

Would you believe I didn't get drunk on my 21st birthday?

Regarding fund-raising for documentary…

Alright guys, it's the year 2040.

You go onto space wikipedia 3.0 and search for "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."

What does the entry say?

"We made it." That is all.

Interesting! A letter in the style of my dear pony friend Twilight. She's just so wonderful, isn't she? And of course, this project sounds interesting as well. With all the human films around these days, I'd say it's just about time for someone to make a pony film.

Aw, Berry, you still have that drinking problem. I really thought you got over that. I understand it's hard, especially with it being your special talent in life and all, but maybe you could reduce it just a bit? Please, for me (like that's ever worked)?

On an unrelated note, I'm so bored, does anyone have any recommendations of something we can all do?

I'm far too busy being a worthless piece of shit and Gmodding these ponies and Soldier together. Fuck, I'm addicted to all this Gmod.

To: Muffins and Explosive:
From, Zarathh, with love

i found this so here

@Ric Tesla

We could all go on a forum and send each other funny pictures of ponies-

Oh wait, we already do that!

@Zar:

So, to bring up a topic, what are y'all's opinions on ponifications? There are two main kinds: characters from the show taking another character's place, or the character keeping his/her own position, but becoming a pony. I imagine some opinions would vary, even among bronies, as well as opinions varying between the two kinds.

Personally, I think it's pretty neat, and don't see what the downside or fuss is all about. It's just r34 to a lighter extent, with a more humorous application, really. I know people complain about how the original loses integrity, but I don't see how it's any worse than chibi drawings of that character or various other styles of drawing.

@Fifths:

Searching Friendship is Magic specifically will bring up what remains of the show, as well as the fandom which still has a bit of spark left, and many people remember it fondly. But, they had to move on…

Towards Generation 5, created by Jason Thiessen, Robo-Lauren Faust, the De Lancienator, Supreme High Overlord Gabe Newell the Esteemed Conqueror of the Galaxies, and Tara Strong the Uber-Wizard.

We found out some bronies has created their own country In order to keep the spirit of love & tolerance alive.Since the world was filled with hatred and war.They decided to move on a peacefull island in the middle of the sea.This island is known to be the most peacefull place on earth.An happy place where the bronies could live in harmony between themselve.

A place where everyone is equal.
A place where murder and crime doesn't exist.
A place where all individual freedom is respected.

The perfect place on earth.Only one thing …… Everyone who went there.Never came back from their vacantion.

Which leave us in a total mystery (I'm speaking of course of the island location).
The legend was never solved .Until that faithful day.

The End

@Ephemeral_Athambia
Shush and some smexy human Pinkie Pie.

That was the worst page get evar.

Wow so many topics to address. This is why I like this thread

@El SLinker

I’ve gone over this before. It’s Slinker. Not Sinker.

I'M SORRY I'M SO DYXLESIC!

@Brony Documentary

Well done to all those who donated and made that number…OVER 300 THOUSAAAAAAND. Congratulations. We can expect good things to come from this doco.

@Jackal Lantern

I’m sending friend requests to whoever I recognize off Zarathh’s friends list. If you get an invite from “I suck at this gam,” yeah, that’d be me. If you don’t, look me up. Here’s my profile.

Don't forget to check out this thread too

@Explosive

Drinking’s overrated. Beer tastes like piss and getting drunk makes you do regrettable things.

HINT: There's far more and far better drinks out there than Beer. Try Vodka, Bourbon, Whiskey or White Wine. Those drinks are much sweeter and nowhere near as bitter as Beer.

I don't like Beer myself, it does as you say: taste like either dirt, piss or piss filled dirt but boy do I ever love Bourbon its just like cola.

But of course if you'd rather not drink at all, then that's awesome. I encourage that

I've been drinking the moment it was legal to do so (18) AND I AM NOT PROUD OF IT.

…and done some shit too…

@Fifths

I’m 22, just out of college with absolutely no job prospects. If you’re expecting employment, don’t get a degree in philosophy.

Philosophy degrees….

AH

HA

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Why do so many people get these? There is no market demand for philosophers in the modern world and whatever demand there is is deeply oversaturated. It baffles me why people don't pursue degrees that are relevant to current job demand

To anyone starting college:

-You can consider a computing degree like I did, that market is continually expanding and programmers are extremely valuable.

-There's tons of food business out there, a chef degree wont go wrong.

-People who can operate machinery or even invent new ones are highly valued so engineering degrees are good too

-The world always needs more doctors. Medical degree's are tough but they will pay off.

Consider what the world needs when you get a degree and you might not end up unemployed at the end. Apologies for ranting

(End Rant)

Alright guys, it’s the year 2040.

You go onto space wikipedia 3.0 and search for “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.”

What does the entry say?

Equestria is the largest nation of Earth occupying much of what was formerly the United States, Canada and Mexico. The nation was founded after the introduction of My Little Pony: Friendship is magic who inspired most inhabitants of North America to come together in peace, harmony and friendship. This movement was known as the great Friendship of 2025 and ended virtually all US initiated wars across the globe, ended conflicts involving illegal immigration and even spurred citizens of the former US to finally adopt the metric system. Although My Little Pony is a now a national pastime of the nation of Equestria, it's roots began as a simple kids cartoon that preached messages of friendship which became very influential across the world to the point of forming a world power.

Just the history of a certain user had this meme as a avatar once, makes the picture so much more funnier and ironic. (IMO).

>Year 2040 topic

Most likely, the page would be a monster of a page; already, so many significant things have happened within the fandom. Looking up the page on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic would be like looking up "History of Europe;" imagine how much more stuff will be included in the history of the show and it's fandom as the years progress. I imagine it will be a lot.

In edition to the main plot's synopsis (the length of this will depend on just how many seasons this show lives on for), the fandom will likely have it's history on the page as well, given how intertwined the fandom and show are, and will continue to be. If the authors of this article were to get very detailed, they would mention prominent Bronies, projects (the Brony Documentary), and successes over the years (there will be more to come).

If Equestria Daily still exists then (I can't imagine it lasting if the show and the fandom died it's peaceful death many, many years from now), it would likely be linked, and people looking at the page could go to it and look at all the things that have been posted in the past; it would be like touring an old ruin. I know the pony Tumblr blogs would have vanished by now, Tumblr delates accounts if they aren't updated after a certain amount of time, so that wouldn't be a visitable ruin for people to look at. Also, since all these comments we have been posting for two years or so will still be here (hopefully), old forums may be linked too, to show what Bronies were like.

Studies done on the Brony fandom would also probably be listed, to give an idea of what the fandom was like statistically. They would be nice reference material for those who want to maybe make a report on past cultures of the Internet; this culture would certainly be a flavorful topic to research.

That's how I imagine the Wikipedia article would be like. I'll enjoy reading it in 2040 to see if I was close.

I keed I keed :P

@Drinking:

Alcoholic beverages are the root of all evil. They must be cleansed from this Earth and all who enjoy and partake in their drink must be put to the sword! >:[

As for my age, I turn 25 on Wensday.

About what the Wikipedia article would say…

Owens was here.

…

Get it?

Because I can edit Wikipedia, and consequently get an IP ban.

@Drinking
I've been drinking LONG before I turned 21. Don't worry, I've only got drunk once, and I'm a friendly drunk.

I like how the original page get was deleted, leaving my comment conspicuously at the top.

2040? Let's see, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will be long gone by then. But just one mention of it, and you'll unleash a wave of bittersweet nostalgia. It will be the symbol of the 2010s, the era now known as the the "Era of Harmony and Friendship." It will forever become fondly remembered as a metaphor for those good old days. Of course, there will be new attempts to restart the franchise, but everyone gives up after the sixth generation, and agree to allow the memory of ponies to not be further tarnished.

A shrine. There will be a shrine dedicated to those brave soldiers who fought against the conformity of society, and embraced something as girly and childish as ponies. It will be a sort of Mecca for bronies, or at least, what remains of them. By then, bronies will have become a dying race, for most everyone has already moved past ponies (but with a fond nostalgia for them). But there will be those ones that just won't budge. Ponies changed their lives, and gave their lives true meaning. They will dedicate the rest of lives to the cause of friendship, peace, and harmony as so espoused in the show. Society sees these undying bronies as sort of eccentric, but at the same time, respected and loved. It is them that will keep the show alive decades after its demise. It is them that will keep on the brony spirit.

@Blue Screen

Believe it or not, some people are interested in education for reasons other than getting into the job market. Philosophy is the quintessential academic discipline, the love of knowledge for knowledge's sake. I don't regret the degree, although I do wish I had something to eat :P

Oh, and also this, for relevance and pony

Regarding ponifications:

If you couldn't tell by my reaction to Zar's image above (that's from Bastion, btw), I love ponifications. It's enjoyable to see two things I like melted together into one glorious image.

I've heard some people say on this thread that requesting something being ponified is disgraceful, but I would have to disagree. Of course, having the mindset of "Something isn't complete until there is a pony of it" can be dangerous, but there is nothing wrong with being on the lookout for a crossover of your favorite video game or TV show. Like Explosives, I don't see what the fuss is about.

Regarding drinking:

I haven't drunk. I plan on taking that with me to the grave. It's nothing against any drinkers or anything, it's just the way I was raised.

@Twins

That was the worst page get evar.

It's funny because it's ironic.

In other news:

HNNNNNNG

Yoshi's Island right? I remember playing that game so much when i was a kid. Oh god it brings back so much nostalgia…

@2040
Fields of science advanced dramatically as legions of bronies flooded into researching the technology to either discover or create Equestria.
We become a stronger force for human advancement than even Star Trek and Star Wars combined!
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

@Lasers on ponyfication
Personally, I love ponyfication.
The show's art style is one of the major things that pulled me in and I think ponyfication is a testament to the style's power.
I see it as being similar to The Simpsons.
It's a very simple, yet highly expressive and infinitely customizable style that retains its distinctive flair at all times.

I can't begin to understand people who say the ponyfication, or any other kind of fan-art, 'ruins' something for them.
If some random stranger drawing a picture on the internet is enough to make you turn away from something you like, you never really liked it from the beginning.

In short, PONIFY EVERYTHING!

@Ponification
I enjoy all types of ponification in terms of drawings, there are some really nice ones out there.
When you talk about it in the form of crossover fics though there tends to be a difference. Fics where the characters have been turned into ponies tend to be copies of the original story and aren't as entertaining as fics with original stories. Fics where a pony from the FiM universe is thrust into the story and maintains their own personality are better. They may be a familiar story, but the way the characters handle the situations may be different, they also tend to be different than the original story to fit into the FiM universe.

@Drinking
Its fun occasionally. But I usually on feel the urge to when I'm depressed, which only acts to further depress me. Then I start fucking shit up and saying things I'll regret. Serves at good experience though, especially for writing.

Alright fellow mushrooms.

We're about 31 pages from Pony General VI. We've got time to discuss what title you want (i.e. RandomMan wants) and make a transition.

Briefly, we lock each Pony General thread that gets to 200 pages, because it begins to take up a large portion of the page when looking at all of the threads in a board/forum. By locking a thread and making another one, it doesn't literally crowd out other threads. To give each thread it's own flavor, we generally give each one a subtitle (e.g. We Just Don't Know What Went Wrong,) have a moderator start up the new one, and have a forum moderator lock the last one when it hits page 200.

Don't flood this thread to get to 200. Find your best subtitle related images for the beginning of the next thread (hoping for Twilight Sparkle, personally.)
 
Anyway, get your titles in mind, and if RandomMan smiles upon you, he might not laugh at your suggestion. He may even use it or something.

I like Troll Raipony. I really don't know why.

Ponies with dapper hats.

you're so right!
once a brony, always a brony. 20-30 years from now, bringing up MLP will be like bringing up an old classic video game or show. some people may not know it, but those of us who were here during this glorious internet age will cheer with each other and enjoy each chance to reminisce about such a fantastic experience. such moments will be like the reunion of old friends, brought together by a mutual love for an era long past.
regardless of what happens in the future, i'll always remember these times.

on a related note, this upcoming tuesday is my one year anniversary for watching the show! according to some old forum timestamps i dug through, i saw Part One and Two of the S1 pilot midway through June 12th, 2011. i'm still looking, but i'm pretty sure i was done with the entire season within a week after that.

so how about you guys? when did you all become bronies? if you remember, tell the tale behind your first encounter, i love to hear stories! i'll even tell mine if anybody wants to hear it XD

Man, I read an article suggesting at the enormity of space, and now I can't get to sleep. Everything petty and human disappears under the sheer scope of magnitude that is reality. Galaxies, stars, quazars, black holes, nebulas, atoms, protons, quarks, space-time, relativety, entropy. As I lay in my bed, eyes wide open as I am crushed by the sheer enormity of this world I find myself in, I find that I want more than anything just to hug a pony.

All of the crazy weird shit in the galaxy and they haven't discovered a planet full of talking pastel ponies to make thing all better.

@New pony general subtitle

here's one

@Verbs

I'm actually surprised we're doing this again. If I recall correctly, everyone was upset that a bunch of lurkers voted for the current title.

Anyways, some ideas:

Pony General VI: Live free or Twi Hard
Pony General VI: Twilight has a well developed plot
Pony General VI: Stay out of our shed
Pony General VI: Raping is Magic

That's all I got for now. And for those wondering, I picked the current title. Not to brag or anything.

First day of spirit week.

Guess who.

@The title suggestion thing:

KYM Pony General Episode VI: Return of the Pony

(Popper would love that one)

KYM Pony General Six: At This Rate, Final Fantasy's Gonna Lose

@August:

I became a brony a bit over a year ago. A month or so before summer, if I recall.

@Fifths:

We're minuscule, true. But we are also enormous in the scale of things. Each atom might be a solar system, which would mean we are all galaxies, universes, or other massive forms of existence. We might be smaller than a quasar, but we are larger than a photon.

As for hugging a pony…

There's always the afterlife.

@The ne'er do well

Physical size isn't quite the point. It's the fact that both realms of existence, the macroscopic and the microscopic, are just so much utterly bigger in consequence and scope than the petty concerns of our everyday lives. Just think of the massive number of interactions being had by countless subatomic particles in order for one to have so simple a thought as that of a pony, it's ironic to the point that it hurts. This massive, bizarre, and ultimately pointless universe.

I swear to God, this shit makes me want to go run in the streets breaking shit with a baseball bat.

And lo, I am NSAF with salad.

@The title suggestion thing:
KYM Pony General VI: Friendship, Unity, Caring, and Kindness.
(See what I did thar?)

@Fifths
That right there is why I'm an absurdist
Sure, life is pointless in the grand scheme of things. With that being said it is up to the individual to construct meaning. That personal meaning is what makes life worth living.
Life is like some bizarre surrealist painting, and the artist died before he could say what all the symbolism meant. So meaning is up to the viewer. There is no real right or wrong answer.

In short, read some Albert Camus, it will make you feel better.

Pic unrelated:

@Mare-Do-Well
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
I was literally about to post 'Pony General Episode VI: Return of the Pony.'
Good thing I decided to refresh the page before posting.

@Fifths
As usual, the solution to your dilemma can be found in Monty Python!

Or think of it this way: The billions upon billions of years of evolution of life as we know has all been leading us to this moment where we sit on the internet and talk about ponies!
Something is definitely going right in that system!

@subtitle

For historical purposes:

KYM Pony General
KYM Pony General 2.0
KYM Pony General III: This time, it's personal
KYM Pony General IV: Electric Scootaloo
and of course, the terrifying
KYM Pony General V: We Just Don't Know What Went Wrong

So, what will be next?
KYM Pony General VI: Know Your Pony
KYM Pony General VI: Never gonna say good-bye

@Fifths

If we met IRL, I'd have some great answers for you, but here?

@Thread names:
I personally don't care which one we have next. I think I like "KYM Pony General Episode VI: Return of the Pony" the best. On an unrelated note, I am now Batman.

the crazy thing for me is simply the concept of the odds behind everything that has ever happened. think about it for a minute. your mother was born with hundreds of eggs, and your father created what is likely in the billions of sperm before you were born.
so the chance of you being created, the chance that your egg and sperm found each other rather then any other, is ridiculously small. and that's just one generation! don't even try to think about the fact that each of your ancestors also had to win this ultimate game of luck. through billions of years of geological history and evolution, your ancestors fought to survive and reproduce, and at any moment during that process, famine, disease, competition for resources, or predatory animals could have erased your bloodline before you existed to consider it. the chance that you exist is so microscopic it's laughable, it's unimaginable!

every single person alive at this moment won the greatest cosmic lottery to ever grace the universe!

@Fifths

And now you know why I liked Carl Sagan

I admire minds that see the world and humanity for what it truly is: A tiny thread woven into a far greater portrait. Or as other have put: One drop of water within an enormous ocean. But rather than despair at the insignificance of that one thread in that huge portrait, he marveled at its role of being woven into it and what humanity can do fulfill it.

If you are interested in the subject, I recommend starting a new thread about it (Philosophy General or whatever you choose) I think I would really enjoy that kind of discussion.

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Also anyone who doesn't get this reference needs to be shot: